Mohammed Saad
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Sudanese Abroad: The Captain
Mohammed Saad The first indications that you get when you meet Dr. Captain. Tageldin Eltegani Mukhtar Abuelgassim is that he is an elegantly dressed person with influence and authority, but when you talk to him, you find that he is a very simple and humble man… I noticed during my stay in the Emirates that the captain was popular and loved by many Sudanese residing in the Emirates, which motivated me to work with him…
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The Paradoxical Commandments of Life
Mohammed Saad In his booklet for high school student leaders, Dr. Kent Keith developed a list of what he called “The Paradoxical Commandments”. For the benefit of our readers I hereby republish the said list of Dr. Keith: People are illogical, unreasonable, and self–centered. Love them anyway.If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.The good you…
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Sudanese-Emirati Relations: A Report
Mohamed Saad Kamel Lieutenant-General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Vice-President of the Sovereignty Council, and the accompanying delegation, which included a member of the Sovereign Council, Professor Raja Nikola today in Abu Dhabi, offered condolences and sympathy to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, on the death of the country’s late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to the…
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The Chaos
Mohammed Saad Even if the revolutionary forces took the governance lead, we will applaud them in the first month, then condemn them in the second and third months, after which we will work on aborting the reform of the state, then we go to the streets which do not betray. We are betraying each other. There is only one way out and that is isolating the politics from the professionalism and effective performance. The successive…
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Rwanda and the Sudanese Dream
Mohammed Saad I went through an old press report four years ago about the economic renaissance of Rwanda which coincided with a social renaissance in all aspects. Having a look at the improvement of the raw GDP in Rwanda reveals that it doubled 10 times within 13 years (from US$900 million in 1994 to US$9.14 billion in 2017). Rwanda has become one of the most important growing economies worldwide as it was classified by COMESA …
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Long Live Egypt
Mohammed Saad Within the activities of a training course which I attended in Egypt, the organizers took us on a tour in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, in an air-conditioned bus accompanied by Ms. Nevien Morsy, who is the supervisor of the training course during which she positive energies inside our bodies which are suffering the thirst and hunger in this holy month of Ramadan. Ms. Nevien kept showing and explaining the giant development…
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Africa
Mohammed Saad The area of Africa = 30.37 million square kilometers The area of China = is 9.6 million square kilometers The area of the USA = 9.8 million square kilometers The area of Europe = 10.18 million square kilometers Africa is bigger than Europe, China, and the USABut in most of the world’s geographic maps, Africa is shown intentionally as lower than its area to establish the visual impact that Africa is small, feels…
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The Change
Mohammed Saad These days there seemed to be some indicators for another chance that might put an end to this critical situation in Sudan. All the indicators are showing that the change is imminent. It is usual in Sudan that the citizens witness difficulties in getting their basic requirements, and then the crises are followed by political and social conflicts a matter that leads to the change. It is not necessarily that the change is…
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Ramadan Mubarak
Mohammed Saad The Year ran by so fast. Ramadan is back. It is again time to slow down, re-evaluate our deeds, purify our hearts, and renew our intentions. It is a time for restoring our energy and ridding our hearts of worldly attachments along with ridding our bodies of toxins. Let’s try to gain all the spiritual benefits of this holy month. As fasting is a lesson in patience and self-control. It builds strong willpower,…
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Where Are the Funds Recovered by the Empowerment Removal Committee?
Mohammed Saad Kamel While I was driving my car in Khartoum bumpy streets, my friend Ashraf asked me – after I attempted to avoid a big hole through getting off the road – where are the billions of pounds recovered by the Empowerment Removal Committee which its members announced in their weekly press conferences? Ashraf added, “Why didn’t we feel that those funds were utilized in improving the basic services including the roads and bridges?”…